SDR WWQA04111

Service difficulty report · Door Seal · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
April 7, 2011
Submitted
April 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N848GF
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1107
Aircraft time
9,774 hours, 5,011 cycles
Part
Door Seal
Part number
1159SCB42013
Part serial
B31083
Condition
Deflated
Location
Pax Door
Part time
2,730 hours, 1,166 cycles
Component
Passenger Door · Gulstm · GIV
Component part number
159B1001175C
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

APPROX 2.5 HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT THE CREW NOTICED THEY WERE LOOSING CABIN PRESSURIZATION THEY DESENDED TO 350 AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE PRESSURIZATION .5 HOURS AFTER THE DESENT TO 350 THE CREW HEARD A LOUD WIND NOISE COMING FROM THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE PRESSURIZATION. THE CREW THEN CALL IN A EMERGENCY AND A RAPID DESENT AND LANDED THE ACFT. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE CREW CALLED THE DIRECTOR OF MX AND REPORTED A DIME SIZE HOLE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL. PLACED THE DOOR SEAL ON MEL AND ACFT FLOWN TO AIRPORT WHERE THE DOOR SEAL COULD BE REPLACED.